Mercantile Collection

Flags & Funnels
House flags and funnels carried by steam ships belonging to some of the main companies of the British Mercantile Marine

Trial of Anchors at the Royal Dockyard, Sheerness, July 1852
Engraving of a trial of various anchor designs, held at the Royal Dockyard Sheerness, from the Illustrated London News, 17th July 1852

Spithead panorama, ships on south side
Panorama of the Coronation Review: the left-hand section, showing ships on the south side. A Spithead panorama, looking west: home fleet battleships headed by the Nelson foreign warships

Harbour, Danzig
The harbour, Danzig, with old mercantile buildings

The Boston Tea Party - a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773

Archangel, Russia - The Surkow & Shergold Timber Deal Yard
Arkhangelsk (Archangel), Russia - The Surkow & Shergold Timber Deal Yard. The Shergolds arrived in Russia from Britain in the late 18th century

Ocean Liners - four stock certificates. Cunard Steam Ship Company Limited, RMS Titanic Inc, and International Mercantile Marine Company. Date: early 20th century

RMS Titanic - two insurance company letters
RMS Titanic - two letters dated 27 June 1912 and 24 September 1912, from the North British & Mercantile Insurance Co in Edinburgh to the Ocean Marine Insurance Company in London

White Star Line - company share certificate
White Star Line - International Mercantile Marine Company share certificate. Date: circa 1920

White Star Line - Buffalo china dinner plate
White Star Line - International Mercantile Co. Buffalo china dinner plate. 9.5 inches

Bank buildings, Singapore city, c. 1880 s
Bank buildings, Singapore city, c.1880 s

Posters, Bold, Clear & Attractive, The Mercantile Press, Ebury Street, London - man in the street carrying a sandwich board. Date: early 20th century

Porcelain and pottery shop, Japan, late 19th century

Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi - baker baking bread
Caucasus Georgia Tiflis Tblisi - a baker at work baking bread. Vintage 19th century photograph

Kuhn and Komor - tourist shop artifacts Water St Yokohama, J
Kuhn and Komor - a tourist shop selling Japanese artifacts, bronzes, porcelain, Water Street Yokohama, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Cloth store Grand Bazaar, Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey
Vintage 19th century photograph: Cloth store drapery in the Grand Bazaar, Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey

Porter carrying corn husks for Tamales, Mexico
Vintage 19th century photograph: Porter carrying corn husks used for the Mexican dish Tamales, Mexico

Japanese vessels and ships, mercantile and fishing boats, one decorated with flags and banners, one with a pyramid-shaped sail

America - The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16th 1773. 6 December 1773

Prince Albert lays foundation stone - Nautical School
May 1919 - prince Albert (later King George VI 1895-1952) lays the foundation stone for a new Nautical School at Poole, Dorset

Rice Merchant and Money Lender - Sri Lanka - A Chettiar. The white horizontal lines adorning his body identify him as a follower of the Hindu God Shiva. Date: circa 1920s

Portrait of Joseph Bruce Ismay
Joseph Bruce Ismay, Managing Director of the White Star Line and President of the International Mercantile Marine Company

Envelope with stamps from Basutoland, South Africa
Envelope with stamps from Basutoland (now Lesotho), South Africa, postmarked Maseru. Date: 1936

Ledger. Bills of exchange
Acceptance of bills of exchange among merchants of Barcelona and Florence. 1411. Ledger. Diocesan Archive. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain

Spain. Zaragoza. Commercial Casino. Detail of the facade, designed in 1912 by Francisco Albina

Queen Victorias Jubilee Celebrations
View of two illuminated buildings on the evening of Queen Victorias Jubilee Celebrations, 20 June 1897. The Junior Constitutional Club (above)

George Tierney (1761 - 1830) Talented statesman, opposed Pitt but was distrusted by the whigs because of his lowly (i.e. mercantile) family background

New Caisson for the East and West India Dock Company - intended to divide the East and West India Export Dock from the basin - built by Messrs

Lincoln-Drexel Building, Lincoln Road, Miami, Florida, USA
The art deco style Lincoln-Drexel Building, on the corner of Lincoln Road and Drexel Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Date: late 1930s

Jewish merchant, 18th c. Hindu art. Miniature Painting

George Tierney - 2
GEORGE TIERNEY statesman, opponent of Pitt but who was distrusted by the Whigs on account of his lowly mercantile) origins... Date: 1761 - 1830

Peter Adolph Grotjan
PETER ADOLPH GROTJAN German - American merchant, who wrote an account of his 1805 mercantile travels. Date: 1774 - 1850

Mercantile Houses near Osaka Shosen Building, Kobe, Japan
Large Mercantile Houses near Osaka Shosen Building, Kobe, Japan. Date: 1922

Saigon, Vietnam - A Chetty
An Indian Chetty merchant (or Chettiar) in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. Chetty is a title used by various mercantile castes in South India especially in Tamil Nadu

Parlour of a foreign mercantile house in Yokohama. Japanese triptych(?) print (left and right panels only) shows residents dining and listening to music at a foreign settlement house in Yokohama

Foreigners in Yokohama draw up contract in mercantile house. Japanese print shows a Dutch man and a German man drawing up a contract in a mercantile house in Yokohama, Japan. Date 1861

Banquet at a foreign mercantile house in Yokohama. Japanese print shows an English merchant seated at a table and being waited on by a Chinese man

Foreign mercantile house in Yokohama. Japanese triptych print shows Japanese women (geishas and courtesans) entertaining residents at a foreign settlement house in Yokohama, Japan. Date 1861

Home run quick step - respectfully dedicated to the members of the Mercantile Baseball Club of Philadelphia by John Zebley, Jr

Titanic - Bruce Ismay
Page from the Illustrated London News reporting on the inquiry into the sinking of the Titanic, featuring a portrait of Joseph Bruce Ismay

Marshall, Field Store
This Chicago store, with fronts on State, Washington, Randolph and Wabash streets, claims to be the largest retail mercantile store in the world

Singapore Harbour Scene
Where the East sits down and waits for the West to come and barter - then as now, Singapore is a busy, bustling commercial city depending on mercantile trade

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